
#TeamSeas: YouTubers Raised $30 Million To Remove 30 Million Pounds of Trash From the Ocean
TeamSeas — an initiative from popular YouTubers Mr. Beast and Mark Rober — successfully raised $30 million dollars to take 30 million pounds of trash out of the waters.
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Giving Life To Dying Land': Solar Water Pumps Are Quenching Thirsty Kenyan Farms
Kenya's farmers have built sand dams to hold onto scarce river water — but solar-powered water pumps are making access hugely easier
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New "Eco-Score" Labels Are Making Shopping More Sustainable
A simple letter-grading system in the U.K. has led to a significant shift towards ecologically greener foods.
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A New Housing Program is Providing Stability for Kids After Wildfires and Climate Disasters
Wildfires often hit low-income, minority families and children the hardest. Talent, Oregon, offers a home-grown housing solution to the displacement that follows.
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Renewable Energy Jobs Grew Globally in 2020, Defying Expectations
Clean energy jobs rose to 12 million last year even amid the pandemic but officials say green employment must come with decent conditions and bring in more women.
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Global efforts to repurpose wind turbine blades lead to innovative designs
The Danish port city of Aalborg, where the new recyclable blades are being made, has found an innovative new use for old blades, by turning them into bike shelters for the city’s cyclists.
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The United Nations Declares Access to a Healthy Environment a "Human Right"
This is great news for the future of humanity: with this historic decision, this means the UN will be taking climate action more seriously on a global scale.
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Researchers Have Found a Creative Way To Save Forests: They're Letting Trees Tweet
The tweeting tree’s messages are based on data from a suite of sensors on and around its trunk, using a real-time approach to tree monitoring pioneered by Witness Tree’s inspiration and sister project TreeWatch.net.
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Researchers Have Figured Out How to 3D Print Bridges With Dramatically Less Waste and C02
Researchers have used 3D printing to build load-bearing concrete structures that require significantly less material and no steel reinforcement or mortar.
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Paris Shows How to Make Public Housing Greener and More Habitable at the Same Time
In the past decade, Paris has worked hard to align social housing with its larger climate goals. And Americans have a lot to learn from their efforts.
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Virtual Reality May Help Us Develop Empathy for Oceans and Marine Life
Getting people to care about the oceans — which are out of sight and out of mind for many — can be particularly challenging. And virtual reality may be a creative solution.
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Water Protectors in Standing Rock Are Fighting For a Safer America
At the Standing Rock Reservation between North & South Dakota, a community of Indigenous activists is working to protect water and water systems across the U.S. They are known as Water Protectors: a group of cultural organizers who believe in the sacred nature of water and land.
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